"Unless we reconstruct and maintain the international financial system, if countries start doing it bilaterally instead of multilaterally, the system will fall apart and we will end up in a depression,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

and trail run instead of doing it on the street

在小路上跑，而不是在街上

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So there is more even playing field instead of the 21:1 ratio, we are doing much more, focusing on the positive.

比起21比1的比率，两方更均衡，我们做得更多，除了专注于积极的一面。

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"So instead of maybe doing a lecture on a scientific principle, we may learn a science song about it, or a rap or perform a dance that sort of uses our body to explain a scientific phenomenon.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

I'm just doing it with a series of switches instead of a fingerboard, which we obviously don't have-- Okay. That's fine. That's great.

只是我用的是阀键,代替圆号上很明显没有的指板,好的,很棒

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As you can see, part of the reason why the dividend-earnings ratio-- especially in more recent years, since 1990-- has been declining is that corporations were trying to somewhat ease the tax burden on their shareholders by doing repurchase instead of dividend.

可以看出,股利收益比降低的部分原因,尤其是在近些年,从1990年起,有所降低的原因是,公司想通过将分红,改为股票回购的方法,多少减轻股东的税负

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